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DESCRIPTION:In 1848, Negro Bar was an early mining community during the California Gold 
 Rush, on the riverfront cattle and wheat property at Rancho Rio de los 
 Americanos, owned by the “African Founding Father of California,” 
 Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. who was elected Treasurer for 
 the City of San Francisco and earlier, US Vice Consul, Alta California, 
 Mexico, 1844-1846.\n\nIf you attend 2017 Folsom Juneteenth, you will learn 
 about the region surrounding the mining town of Negro Bar, Sacramento 
 County and our unique California Juneteenth, journey towards freedom.\n\nWe 
 will begin the day with opening prayers by the interfaith leaders, share 
 the legacy of Juneteenth, and demonstrate the living history of US Colored 
 Troops.  Official resolutions and acknowledgements by regional political 
 leaders and our Juneteenth Barbecue Beach Party is designed to attract 
 overnight camping and/or local hotel accommodations for a weekend of 
 discovery.\n\nJuneteenth is an American celebration of freedom recognizing 
 the final battles of the US Civil War at Port Galveston Island, Texas where 
 General Granger and the Union Army, including US Colored Troops secured the 
 US/Mexico border in a 7 week campaign throughout Texas freeing those 
 enslaved, enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation.\n\nTogether, we continue 
 to identify, document, preserve and share the authentic contributions by 
 people of African ancestry 1840-1875 along the American River Parkway, from 
 Old Sacramento, Sutter's Fort, Historic Negro Bar, Historic Negro Hill and 
 Coloma. \n\nNegro Bar Historic State Park is poised to tell the story of 
 people of African Ancestry significant contribution along the American 
 River Parkway, part of an ongoing effort to expand inclusion and create a 
 California African American Heritage Commission. \n\n2017 Folsom Juneteenth 
 honors the amazing contribution and sacrifice by US Colored Troops during 
 the US Civil War and introduces local unknown "hidden figures" who lived 
 along the American River Parkway, (1840-1875.) \n\nEvent Contact:  Michael 
 Harris \n(916) 997-2451\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/06/09/18800024.php
SUMMARY:2017 Folsom Juneteenth Beach Party at Negro Bar State Park
LOCATION:Negro Bar State Park\nGreenback Lane @ Park Rd.\nFolsom, California 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/06/09/18800024.php
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